Click to enlargeMuseum
The Museum building is patterned after a Union army headquarters building and houses a research library and a broad collection of Civil War artifacts including objects related to Alexandria's Civil War history. The building's architecture is that of a typical 19th-century board and batten style designed for a military headquarters. No documentation has been found to indicate that such a building stood at Fort Ward; however, structures of this type were commonly used at other forts in the Defenses of Washington.
Click to enlargeOfficers' Hut
Designed in the same board and batten style as the Museum building, the Officers' Hut can be documented as having stood at Fort Ward. In 1863, a quarters of this kind was assigned to Captain Rockwood of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. Typically, two huts were constructed side by side to share a common chimney.
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